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Mottram Hall (also known as Mottram New Hall or the Mottram Hall Hotel) is a former
The family tree of the Wrights is shown at left. There were six generations of this family that owned the house and these are numbered from 1 to 6 in red starting with William Wright its originator.
William Wright built Mottram Hall in about 1750. He built the house for his son Randle but unfortunately his son died soon after its completion. William Wright was a wealthy landowner who was the proprietor of Offerton Hall near Stockport and also owned a townhouse in this village. He built St Peters Church in Stockport. He died in 1770 and as he had no heirs his estate was passed to the eldest son of his first cousin Rev Henry Offley Wright. It was then inherited by his son Laurence Wright and as he had no heirs it went to his nephew Rev Henry Wright. His daughter Julia Catherine who married James Frederick D’Arley Street then became the owner. When she died in 1916 her daughter Julia Mary who married twice inherited the house. It was she Julia Mary Wallis Wright who sold the house in 1922 and the advertisement is shown. It was bought by Walter Pownall who enjoyed gardening and often held open days to the public. He sold the house in 1939 (this advertisement is also shown). It then became a hotel.
Mottram Hall sale ad 1922.jpg, Mottram Hall sale advertisement in 1922
Mottram Hall sale ad 1939.jpg, Mottram Hall sale advertisement in 1939
Hotel website
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country house
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to the northeast of the village of Mottram St. Andrew, Cheshire
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, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England
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as a designated Grade II* listed building
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. It is not to be confused with Mottram Old Hall (alongside the access road 400m to the west).
The house was built around 1750 by William Wright for his son. It is constructed of Flemish bond
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Bricks ...
orange brick with buff sandstone
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Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates) ...
dressings, with a Kerridge
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It gives its name to Kerridge Ridge – one of the western foothills of the Pennines – by which it stan ...
stone slate roof, nine brick chimneys, and a facade with projecting end pavilions which have 20th-century extensions. From the mid-1970s the building has been used as a hotel, and from 2014 to 2018 as part of the QHotels group.
In 2012–13 the hotel underwent improvements and refurbishment at a cost of £5.5 million. This included a new restaurant, refurbishment of bedrooms, creation of conference suites, and restoration of the Garden Suite. In September 2018 the hotel was sold by the real estate investment company Aprirose to the hotel group Champneys
Champneys is an English country house and its associated estate near Tring, Hertfordshire. The mansion is run as a destination spa by a business using "Champneys" as the brand name for a group of spa resorts and day spas.
History
The earliest ...
(owned by Dorothy and Stephen Purdew).
The Wright family
The family tree of the Wrights is shown at left. There were six generations of this family that owned the house and these are numbered from 1 to 6 in red starting with William Wright its originator.
William Wright built Mottram Hall in about 1750. He built the house for his son Randle but unfortunately his son died soon after its completion. William Wright was a wealthy landowner who was the proprietor of Offerton Hall near Stockport and also owned a townhouse in this village. He built St Peters Church in Stockport. He died in 1770 and as he had no heirs his estate was passed to the eldest son of his first cousin Rev Henry Offley Wright. It was then inherited by his son Laurence Wright and as he had no heirs it went to his nephew Rev Henry Wright. His daughter Julia Catherine who married James Frederick D’Arley Street then became the owner. When she died in 1916 her daughter Julia Mary who married twice inherited the house. It was she Julia Mary Wallis Wright who sold the house in 1922 and the advertisement is shown. It was bought by Walter Pownall who enjoyed gardening and often held open days to the public. He sold the house in 1939 (this advertisement is also shown). It then became a hotel.
See also
*Grade II* listed buildings in Cheshire East
There are over 20,000 Grade II* listed buildings in England. This page is a list of these buildings in the unitary authority of Cheshire East.
Listed buildings
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*Listed buildings in Mottram St Andrew
Mottram St Andrew is a civil parish in Cheshire East, England. It contains 25 buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated listed buildings. Of these, three are listed at Grade II*, the middle grade, ...
References
External links
Hotel website
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